GENERAL: The car is a tidy well sorted Clio 16 valve which was originally built to go the race circuits as a ‘Clio Cup car’. It was registered in 1996 – but is on a Q plate. The cars previous owner bought it in october 2000 and ran it for a year with the 1764cc’s engine before converting it (for the 2002 season) to the full williams (1998cc) spec. The car has competed in the national tarmac championship ever year since and has won the n3 class on four years and in 2002 it won the formula two championship. The car has only ever been used on sealed surface events. Slippy will be contesting the Northern tyre Spot Tarmac Championship in the car in the 2 litre class so time will tell to see how the car stacks up against more heavily modified machinery.
SHELL: Seam welded with a 10 point bolt in Devil cage, full FIA spec safety equipment. In date RICCO RACING 6 point 3” harnesses, in date sparco seats, 4 litre plumbed in 4 nozzle fire extinguisher system plus 1.75 hand held alloy sump guard, fibre glass tank guard. aluminium strut brace, suede steering wheel. Renaultsport Group N engine mounts with additional (homologated) front gearbox mount, Ralloy spare wheel post, light weight 5 mm steel sump guard
ENGINE: New Williams (F7R) engine (in 2002), fitted with K&N air filter with cold air feed, cat is removed, 4 branch manifold to 58mm pipe with single rear box. it runs the proper works group N chip, which ignores the lambda sensor and sets a ‘soft’ rev limit at 7,200rpm. fuel pressure valve is set to 3 bar. these modifications raise the output to 150 bhp. Magnicore 8.5 mm ht leads.
GEARBOX: standard 5 speed close ratio synchro gearbox with helix 4 blade cerametalic paddle clutch. Renaultsport front and rear wheel bearings. renaultsport (heavy duty) drive shafts.
SUSPENSION: The suspension works really well on this car. Dynamics made up a set of 2 way adjustable remote reservoir dampers for front and rear. they have 14 adjustments on bump and 12 on rebound. the units have been recently overhauled (with spec sheets to prove) the 4 
dampers cost in excess of £3,000. the front springs are the Eibach ERS System – which use a main spring in conjunction with a tender spring (different to a helper spring). the bottom arms have been modified to produce additional castor (4.5 degrees positive) and the struts have been modified to provide 1.5 degrees negative camber. all front bushes are motorsport spec Powerflex. top mounts have rose joints fitted in group n rubber mounts. hydraulic power steering. rear axle has roller bearings fitted instead of rubber bushes to provide true location. a 4 bar torsion bar system allows for change of spring rates and roll bar rate. rear dampers are rose jointed. Spec sheets with geometry settings and shock absorber settings for all the rallies entered which cover most type of tarmac events from bumpy irish closed roads to smooth airfields and everything in between.
BRAKES: 259 x 20mm vented front with one rally old mintex m1166 pads and 238 x 8mm solid rears with two rallies old mintex m1144 pads. brake lines are inside the car, all flexi pipes are aeroquip. bias valve inside the cockpit.
ELECTRICS: The car was rewired and has the fuse boxes and ecu relocated inside the car. head lights are relayed and wiring is in place for the light pod (Running PIAA lamps). Terratrip 303 with remote, push button start, map light, CB radio, potti plugs are all fitted. a new 90 amp alternator and starter were fitted with the williams engine. a new battery was fitted a few weeks ago.
SPARES PACKAGE: 8 off 7x15 yellow speedline wheels (plus 4 on car fitted with good kuhmo slicks) 4 off 6.5x15 silver standard renault alloy wheels (fitted with avon road tyres)
a good selection of part worn slick / intermediate tyres. n/s & o/s renaultsport driveshafts, spare front and rear discs, one set of new front mintex m1166 brake pads, one set rear brake pads mintex m200 – plus several part worn sets, spare starter, alternator and powersteering pump, complete 4 blade spare clutch assembly, spare rear light clusters, standard steering rack, 2 spare front bumpers, n/s & o/s front bottom arms – with, Renault sport (rubber) bushes, spare ecu with hillpower chip, (plus chip for 1764cc engine), spares bottom ball joints and track rod ends, spare throttle and clutch cables. spare clutch peddle, spare spark plugs, ht leads and distributor cap, complete set of spare hoses. spare radiator, the original 1764 cc engine, complete set of spare bilstein suspension – with alternative rate front springs, two alternative rear anti roll bars, alternative rear torsion bars.